They just don't listen!

Ever since we got this current foster cat back (Strawberry), we've complained to the shelter that she's very congested. The problem with their veterinary clinic is that they need a description of the snot before they will prescribe an antibiotic. If it's green they get one kind, and if it's yellow they get another. The problem is that she hasn't been producing any snot, she's just been snuffly and wheezy. No snot, no antibiotic, so we've been putting up with a snuffly cat for weeks.

They finally scheduled her for the operation to remove the polyps from her other ear, and we dropped her off on Wednesday. Thursday morning they called me and said, "We can't operate because she's got a nasty ear infection.

Me: Oh? Has the infection spread into her sinuses?
Them: Yes.
Me: ... and that could account for her congestion?
Them: Very probably, yes.

Hmph. Anyway, she's starting on a 3-week, 2-pills a day regimen of antibiotics with a follow-up appointment sometime next week.

Pilling this cat has turned out to be a tricky endeavour. She has mastered simultaneous passive and aggressive resistance. On the one hand she clenches her teeth and tosses her head around to avoid the pill, but on the other she manages to turn her body to jelly at the same time so that it literally pours out of my lap while I'm trying to hold her. It's going to be a long three weeks.

Chili

I cooked up a big pot of chlli today from a recipe that I found on-line. It looked and smelled really good, but it was a little on the mild side so I decided to cut in some fresh peppers that fetlock gave me. As I was cutting up the first Habanero I sampled a bit of it, and it seemed to be fairly tame, so I cut up the other two and added them as well.

It seems that the evil oils in the Habaneros are time-released, because about 40 minutes later I noticed a burning sensation under my fingernails. Boy howdy do they burn!

On the other hand, the chilli was really really good. atara and pierrekrahn both complained that it was a little hot for their liking, but I quite enjoyed it - though I may have damaged myself. I'm still sweating profusely.

I saved some for you fetlock.